Sportsnet.ca http://sportsnet.ca/mma/ufc/feed/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:40:03 EDT en-US hourly 1 UFC Featured Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:00:18 EDT Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:14:35 EDT David Morassutti four_cols_meta sn-collection Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Magomed Ankalaev UFC Fight Night preview: Ankalaev returns with something to prove 6360265 four_cols Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:20:20 EDT Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:28:48 EDT Adam Martin The octagon travels back to Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi this Saturday for an action-packed Fight Night card.

Adam Martin has the tale of the tape.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article 17849017886670568 Breaking down how to wager Ankalaev vs. Guskov in UFC Abu Dhabi main event 6360265 four_cols Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:05:58 EDT Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:05:58 EDT Sportsnet Video Lou Finocchiaro joins VSiN By The Books and discusses the UFC Abu Dhabi main event on July 25 between Magomed Ankalaev and Bogdan Guskov, as well as a prelim bout between the undefeated Nurullo Aliev and 12-3 Mike Davis.

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]]> MMA UFC sn-article UFC Headlines Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:07:54 EDT Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:28:12 EDT Noah Love headlines_meta sn-collection plessis Dricus Du Plessis defeats Kamaru Usman on UFC Fight Night 5747242 headlines Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:15:28 EDT Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:16:37 EDT Sportsnet Staff MMA UFC sn-article conor-mcgregor Conor McGregor says fight vs. Max Holloway should be ‘no contest’ 5747242 headlines Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:49:18 EDT Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:52:23 EDT Sportsnet Staff MMA UFC sn-article United States District Court Ohio Men charged in alleged plot to attack White House UFC event plead not guilty 5747242 headlines Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:26 EDT Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:20:57 EDT Associated Press Two of the eight men indicted in an alleged drone and sniper plot to attack President Donald Trump’s UFC cage-fighting show on the White House lawn pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy charges.

]]> UFC sn-article John Locher/AP UFC 329 Mixed Martial Arts McGregor says injury vs. Holloway ‘came out of nowhere’ 5747242 headlines Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:42:13 EDT Sun, 12 Jul 2026 02:05:59 EDT Sportsnet Staff MMA UFC sn-article Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages guskov_bogdan1280 Bogdan Guskov replacing Rountree in UFC Abu Dhabi main event 5747242 headlines Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:36:22 EDT Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:39:36 EDT Sportsnet Staff UFC Abu Dhabi found a new main event in short order.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article conor-mcgregor Conor McGregor vows to return after suffering injury at UFC 329 5747242 headlines Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:35:35 EDT Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:35:53 EDT Sportsnet Staff MMA UFC sn-article Alex Brandon/AP Alex-Pereira-reacts-after-losing-to-Ciryl-Gane-at-UFC-Freedom-250 Alex Pereira, left, fights Ciryl Gane during their interim heavyweight title bout at UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington Alex Pereira ‘dead set’ on November return at heavyweight 5747242 headlines Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:28:27 EDT Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:09:27 EDT Sportsnet Staff Alex Pereira isn’t interested in returning to light heavyweight.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article Frank Franklin II/AP Israel Adesanya Israel Adesanya leaves longtime head coach Eugene Bareman 5747242 headlines Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:56:17 EDT Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:58:48 EDT Sportsnet Staff MMA UFC sn-article 17844228686667871 McMillen stops Montes in third round with brutal strikes for TKO victory full_width Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:04:38 EDT Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:04:38 EDT Sportsnet Video Watch as Tommy McMillen blasts an overwhelmed Alberto Montes with a variety of strikes in the third round before the fight is stopped, giving McMillen the impressive TKO victory in their featherweight bout at UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman.

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]]> MMA UFC sn-article hernandez Anthony Hernandez, Gregory Rodrigues to headline UFC Sacramento feed_column Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:42:42 EDT Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:42:50 EDT Sportsnet Staff Anthony Hernandez and Gregory Rodrigues are set to meet in a UFC Fight Night headliner later this summer.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article John Locher/AP holloway_max1280 Matchups to make after UFC 329: Holloway should look beyond McGregor feed_column Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:35:39 EDT Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:41:02 EDT Adam Martin Despite the disappointing ending to the card, UFC 329 was an action-packed affair. Now, however, it’s time to move on and look ahead to what might be next for all the participants. As Adam Martin writes, that means Max Holloway should look elsewhere from Conor McGregor for his next fight.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article 17844259886667893 Hooper returns to win column with submission finish over Ramirez full_width Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:55:00 EDT Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:55:00 EDT Sportsnet Video Watch as Chase Hooper makes Mitch Ramirez tap with a submission finish to earn a victory in the first round of their lightweight fight.

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]]> MMA UFC sn-article PFL MMA PFL-champion-cris-cyborg Cris Cyborg celebrates after winning the inaugural PFL women’s featherweight title Cris Cyborg to defend PFL title in final MMA fight vs. Ketlen Viera feed_column Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:45:24 EDT Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:32:06 EDT Sportsnet Staff Women’s MMA pioneer Cris Cyborg will return to the sport for one final fight when she defends her PFL featherweight title against 15-fight UFC veteran Ketlen Vieira.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article John Locher/AP UFC 329 Mixed Martial Arts McGregor’s early injury ends great UFC 329 card on sour note feed_column Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:24:16 EDT Sun, 12 Jul 2026 02:06:36 EDT Adam Martin Heading into the main event of UFC 329, the card was absolutely awesome and among the best UFC events of 2026.

But that all changed with an early Connor McGregor injury, which was the worst-possible ending for such a big fight.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article 17838235956664423 Whittaker on how his ‘champion-calibre skillset’ led to defeat of Krylov full_width Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:36:08 EDT Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:49:53 EDT Sportsnet Video Robert Whittaker spoke with Sportsnet’s Aaron Bronsteter about how his unique skillset led to the defeat of Nikita Krylov in a light heavyweight bout at UFC 329.

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]]> MMA UFC sn-article Frank Franklin II/AP Kevin-Borjas-punches-Joshua-Van-UFC Peru's Kevin Borjas seen punching Joshua Van during their 2023 UFC flyweight fight Borjas upsets Lima at UFC Fight Night, Mesquita gets another submission feed_column Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:37:20 EDT Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:40:09 EDT Mike Johnston There were a couple impressive comeback wins on the preliminary card for UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi. 

]]> MMA UFC sn-article John Locher/AP mcgregor Four key questions facing UFC ahead of second half of 2026 schedule feed_column Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:24:00 EDT Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:21:16 EDT Mike Johnston The second half of the UFC’s 2026 schedule begins in July with International Fight Week leading up to a stacked UFC 329 card with the organization facing a handful of pressing questions.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article John Locher/AP Ion-Cutelaba-UFC-submission Ion Cutelaba seen here grappling with Johnny Walker in a light-heavyweight bout at UFC 279 in Las Vegas UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi official results feed_column Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:50:03 EDT Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:50:10 EDT Sportsnet Staff MMA UFC sn-article Aaron Favila/AP Gable-Steveson-Olympic-gold-medal-winning-wrestler Gable Steveson celebrates after defeating Georgia's Gennadij Cudinovic during their men's freestyle 125kg wrestling final match at the 2020 Summer Olympics Fighters poised for huge second half of 2026: Mac is back, Steveson to debut feed_column Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:46:41 EDT Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:32:20 EDT Adam Martin With one superstar on the verge of returning and an Olympic gold medallist set to make an anticipated debut, here are 10 UFC fighters poised to have a massive second half of 2026.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article Steve Marcus/AP Gaethje (1) Breakthrough fighters from first half of 2026: Gaethje leads standouts feed_column Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:09:12 EDT Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:22:14 EDT Adam Martin Now that we have reached the halfway point of 2026, and with 21 UFC events in the books through the first six months of the year, it’s a great time to look back at which fighters have seen the biggest breakthroughs.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article machado Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry to headline UFC 330 feed_column Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:35:00 EDT Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:58:46 EDT Sportsnet Staff Islam Makhachev will attempt to make his first defence of the welterweight title against Ian Machado Garry this summer.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article gillian robertson Canada’s Gillian Robertson gets title shot at UFC 330 feed_column Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:13:24 EDT Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:10:26 EDT Sportsnet Staff A Canadian will have a shot at a UFC belt later this summer.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article Alex Brandon/AP Meta-CEO-Mark-Zuckerberg-congratulates-Sean-O’Malley-after-UFC-win UFC launches new algorithmic fighter rankings system with Meta feed_column Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:00:00 EDT Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:29:54 EDT Aaron Bronsteter More than 13 years after launching their initial rankings system, the UFC altered the way that rankings will be determined going forward.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article John Woods/CP UFC-light-heavyweight-Jan-Blachowicz Jan Blachowicz Jan Blachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov rematch rebooked for UFC Belgrade feed_column Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:55:07 EDT Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:55:15 EDT Sportsnet Staff Former 205-pound titleholder Jan Blachowicz and streaking contender Bogdan Guskov will meet in Belgrade, Serbia at an Aug. 1 UFC Fight Night event.

]]> MMA UFC sn-article Alex Brandon/AP Alex-Pereira-reacts-after-losing-to-Ciryl-Gane-at-UFC-Freedom-250 Alex Pereira, left, fights Ciryl Gane during their interim heavyweight title bout at UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington Alex Pereira livid with referee Herb Dean, wants rematch with Ciryl Gane feed_column Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:11:46 EDT Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:13:21 EDT Mike Johnston Alex Pereira typically does not complain after his fights. But two days after being stopped by Ciryl Gane, Pereira shared his thoughts on the loss and the finish was officiated.

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